Closed Bug 235455 Opened 21 years ago Closed 19 years ago

new mail notification icon

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Mail Window Front End
Platform:
All
Linux
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: les_ander, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040207 Firefox/0.8

I keep my mail client iconified/minimized and open it to check for new mail.
This is highly inefficient since I have to check at regular intervals for a new
mail. I think it would be great if thunderbird would put in a string like
*new mail* in the frame title. The first couple of words are displayed in the
gnome windowlist and I can immediately know if there is a new mail or not.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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See also bug 137462.

Also, the audible alert for new mail can be used (or should be; I understand 
there are, or were, some difficulties in getting this working under Linux).
Severity: normal → enhancement
Hi,
I fixed this problem by using the x-desktop integration
extension for firefox. Now in my gnome panel notifier,
am main icon is shown when ever I get a new mail.
thanks
keep up the good work
Can we close this one?
no answer for 4 months
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Is there a reason why we need to install an extension on TB linux in order to have a fd.o new mail icon in system tray ?

Why is this feature in the windows version and not in the *nix versions ? The standard (freedesktop.org) exists.
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